dashing from red-orange
doe dashing down my hill
moments later, a large, red
dog-like creature, orange-red
with broad face and shoulders
and long moments later
a second orange-red creature
as dog-like as the first
of unrecognized breed
and unfamiliar color
a pair of dogs in the neighborhood
that i do not know?
wild creatures that i’ve never heard of?
my only hope is that the doe
is swift and finds shelter